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expressly understood that this agreement or any modifications 

 hereof may be terminated by either party upon thirty (30) 

 days' written notice to the other. 



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said Commissioner has 

 hereunto affixed his name and seal on the Fifth day of April, 

 1916, and the said Secretary has hereunto set his hand and 

 affixed his official seal on the date below written. 



By FRANK E. MACE, 



Forest Commissioner. 



Signed and sealed by the Secretary of Agriculture this 14th 

 day of April, 1916. 



D. F. HOUSTON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 

 EXHIBIT "A" 



BEING 



QUALIFICATIONS FOR FEDERAL MEN EMPLOYED 

 UNDER THE WEEKS LAW. 



Candidates for appointment as temporary employees during 

 the season of serious danger from fire must be able-bodied and 

 capable of enduring hardships and of performing severe labor 

 under trying conditions ; must be able to build trails and cabins 

 and to pack in provisions without assistance ; must be thor- 

 oughly familiar with the region in which they seek employment 

 (or in other similar regions) including its geography, its forests 

 and industrial conditions. 



Invalids and consumptives seeking light out-of-door employ- 

 ment are not qualified for the work and should not be employed. 



Employing officers will require sobriety, industry, physical 

 ability and effectiveness, will give preference to local residents 

 of whose fitness he is fully satisfied, and will employ no person 

 for personal or political considerations. 



SC — Weeks Law Agreement, 1916. Maine. 



Augusta, August 7th, 1916. 

 The Honorable, The Secretary of Agriculture, 



Sir: With reference to ARTICLE II, Section 2, paragraph 

 3, of the agreement dated April 14, 1916, between yourself and 



